Program Overview

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BA (Hons) History

Why study this course

Small class sizes and a friendly lecturing team on an intimate campus in the heart of historic Lincoln enable you to find your voice as a historian.

This course will utilise long-established, experienced contacts to take you beyond the classroom on educational visits and work placements, within Lincoln and further afield.

All History students are guaranteed an interview for a PGCE Primary or Secondary course at BGU & a free place on our 'Preparing for Teaching' courses.

Course summary

While studying a History course at BGU, you will explore a range of fascinating topics spanning a number of historical eras, in a variety of local, national and global contexts; from pirates in the early modern Atlantic World to civil rights campaigners in the 1960s. As well as learning about the people in the past on this undergraduate degree, you will investigate how people today engage with history and consider how the past can be brought alive.

Key facts

• Award: BA (Hons)
• UCAS code: V10A
• Duration: 3 years
• Mode of study: Full time
• Start date: September 2025
• Award: Bishop Grosseteste University
• Institution code: B38

What you will study

As a student on this course, you may study some or all of the modules listed below.

Year 1

• British Libraries, Museums and Archives: A History of Collection
• Histories of Identity: Sexuality, Race, Class and Gender
• The Early Modern British Isles: From Reformation to Revolution
• At War with Itself: the United States from Civil Rights to Vietnam
• Democratic Dictators
• The First World War
• The Historian’s Craft: Doing History at University
• The merrie folk of Late Medieval England: from king to the poorest widow

Year 2

• Invented Histories: Understanding Popular Representations of the Past
• People and Places: Researching Local and Regional History
• Creative Destruction: The Atlantic World in the 17th and 18th centuries
• A Better World is Possible: British protest movements
• Work Placement

Year 3

• Special Subject
• ‘The Sun Never Set and the Blood Never Dried’: The British Empire in the 19th Century
• History Dissertation
• The Global Cold War

Optional modules

• The Dark Arts: A History of Magic, Witchcraft and Folklore
• The Transformation of the West, 300-900 CE
• The City in Global History: The Rise of Urban Societies in the Modern Age
• The Long Weekend: Britain between the wars
• Blitzkrieg: Armoured Warfare during the Second World War
• Fighting Back: The History of (counter) insurgency
• Kill Your Masters: The French and Haitian Revolutions
• Crime and Punishment in Modern Britain, c. 1800 to the present

Entry requirements

You will normally need 96-112 UCAS tariff points (from a maximum of four Advanced Level qualifications). We welcome a range of qualifications that meet this requirement, such as A/AS Levels, BTEC, Access Courses, International Baccalaureate (IB), Cambridge Pre-U, Extended Project etc.

How you will be taught

There is no one-size-fits-all method of teaching at BGU – we shape our methods to suit each subject and each group, combining the best aspects of traditional university teaching with innovative techniques to promote student participation and interactivity.

You will be taught in a variety of ways, from lectures, tutorials and seminars, to practical workshops, coursework and work-based placements. Small group seminars and workshops will provide you with an opportunity to review issues raised in lectures, and you will be expected to carry out independent study.

Assessment

In History, we believe in utilising assessments that will accurately test your key skills, knowledge and understanding. We select only those assessments that will enable you to learn, improve and progress over the course of the degree programme and which will prepare you for challenges beyond university, such as job interviews, creative presentations, professional exchanges of ideas, report writing and project management.

Careers & Further study

Studying History at BGU enhances your employability by focusing on highly desirable and transferable critical thinking and analytical skills, professional writing practices and the art of constructing persuasive arguments.

Possible future careers for History graduates include education in the schooling and heritage sectors, marketing, journalism and publishing, law and policing, public policy, information research and management, working as an archivist, librarian or museum curator.

Support

Studying at BGU is a student-centred experience. Staff and students work together in a friendly and supportive atmosphere as part of an intimate campus community. You will know every member of staff personally and feel confident approaching them for help and advice, and staff members will recognise you, not just by sight, but as an individual with unique talents and interests.

Fees & Funding

A lot of student finance information is available from numerous sources, but it is sometimes confusing and contradictory. That’s why at BGU we try to give you all the information and support we can to help to throughout the process. Our Student Advice team are experts in helping you sort out the funding arrangements for your studies, offering a range of services to guide you through all aspects of student finance step by step.